OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY.
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The Topic of Open Heavens for 2nd August 2023 Is “For His Glory”
MEMORISE: 1
Corinthians 10:31
Whether
therefore ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
READ: James 4:1-10
Where
do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for
pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and
covet and cannot obtain. You fight and [b]war. Yet you do not have because you
do not ask.
3
You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on
your pleasures.
4Adulterers
and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with
God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy
of God.
5
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us
yearns jealously”?
6 But
He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
“God
resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from
you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners;
and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament
and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning
and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of
the Lord, and He will lift you up.
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OPEN
HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Whenever
you ask God for anything, make sure that it is something that will bring glory
to His name. Don’t ask for things that would serve just you, but that would
also be useful to Him. If you want to win an election, you should tell Him how
you would use your position to glorify His name. That is the kind of prayer
that gets His attention. God can decide to ignore you if you choose to bombard
Him with requests. However, if you come to Him telling Him how you plan to
advance His kingdom here on earth with the miracle you are asking for, He will
pay attention to you.
Hannah
understood this principle, so she prayed thus: And she vowed a vow, and said, O
LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid,
and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine
handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his
life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. 1 Samuel 1:11 God granted
her request by giving her a son who grew to become a great prophet and then
gave her five more children. Seek to glorify God first and you will see Him
giving you more than you asked for.
He
knew your needs before you came to Him (Matthew 6:8); so give Him an offer He
cannot refuse and you will see Him supplying your needs in abundance. You may
say, “God loves me and I believe He will give me whatever I want”. No doubt, He
loves you, but He has a purpose for everything He does. You may have thought
that God drowned Pharaoh in the Red Sea just because He loves the Israelites,
but Romans 9:17 says:
For
the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee
up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared
throughout all the earth. The real reason God destroyed Pharaoh was to declare
His glory and majesty throughout the earth. God’s agenda is always superior to
ours; if you align your agenda with His, then you will get what you want.
Bible in one year: Isaiah
64-66
Hymn 7 I
Am Thine O Lord
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The Open Heavens is One of The Most Wildly Read Devotionals in The World. It is written by Pastor E. A Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). The Open Heavens Devotional is designed to fill you daily with God’s word, and keep you inspired, encouraged, and uplifted
